Cornelius News
Jim Duke will seek re-election
Another member of the Cornelius Town Board has announced his intention to seek re-election. Town Commissioner Jim Duke will run for a third term on the Cornelius Board of Commissioners. First elected in 2013, Duke said his focus will continue to be “listening to our citizens, bringing our whole town together as one community, and […]
QT store passes Planning Board
March 15. By Dave Vieser. The proposed 5,700 square foot QT Convenience Store at Catawba Avenue and Holiday Lane in Cornelius moved closer to reality when the Planning Board unanimously approved the project, sending it to the Town Board for an April 17 rezoning hearing. As first reported by Cornelius Today, plans call for the Acropolis […]
Cornelius budget draft calls for level tax rate in FY18
March 14. By Dave Yochum. While still in the preliminary stages, the town manager’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year looks like it will maintain the tax rate at the same level. The budget Town Manager Anthony Roberts’ budget is working on is in the $22 million range, about the same as the current […]
Welcome Lex!
March 14. By Dave Vieser. There’s a new police officer in town…and he goes by the name Lex. A 21-month-old male Belgian Malinois, K9 Lex has teamed up with Corporal Derek Queen. They recently completed a two-week training course in Alabama, which included building and vehicle searches, detection of illegal substances, article search, tracking and suspect […]
Growth and more growth coming to Cornelius
March 13. By Dave Vieser. Change will come quickly to Cornelius in the next year as commercial projects occupying some 71 acres of land and comprising over 150,000 square feet either break ground or open for business. Planning Director Wayne Herron updated town board and staff during the town’s annual budget retreat in Winston Salem last […]
Yep. That’s snow alright.
March 12. We promise not to call it white stuff; after all, it couldn’t possibly be snowing in March, not after it’s already been nearly 80 degrees. Ha. The National Weather Service says we’ll get more snow, mainly before 11 am. At 9 am it was hovering between 32 and 33 degrees, but it will get […]
After miraculous recovery, police corporal will retire
March 10. Corporal Lee Cook is retiring from the Cornelius Police Department after more than a dozen years with the town and almost 20 years in law enforcement. He was a security officer in the United States Air Force for six years prior to beginning his law enforcement career in 1987 with the Mecklenburg County […]
Bailey Middle advances in Odyssey of the Mind
Two Bailey Middle School teams won first place at the Odyssey of the Mind Regional Tournament at Wingate University. They competed in the middle school division and will move on to the state finals at NC A&T University in Greensboro on April 1 Often called OM, these problem-solving competitions engage students from kindergarten through college. Team […]
Another new route for Northcross Extension?
March 10. By Dave Vieser. A new route for the extension of Northcross Drive would take traffic farther away from the Stratford Forest subdivision which, right now, is not connected by road to the rest of Cornelius. The extension, which is being planned by the NCDOT, will connect Cornelius and Huntersville just west of I-77. […]
‘Fifth commissioner’ reflects on Town Board mid-term
By Dave Yochum. A little more than a year into his first term, Commissioner Mike Miltich says it’s not so much what he’s learned on the Cornelius Town Board, but what he’s “now seeing: how land is being used/developed, how the traffic flows or doesn’t, how the utility lines have been run, etc. The things that […]
